Postman self-hosted alternative

Recently I’ve been having trouble getting Postman desktop app to load. It keeps giving the following “Unable to load data” error:

<strong>To clear cache and data in Postman Desktop</strong>, follow these steps:

1. Sign Out:
      If you’re currently signed in to Postman, sign out.
      This step ensures that your data won’t be lost during the process.
2. Locate the Cache and Data:
      The exact location of cache and data may vary based on your operating system.
      Here are the common paths:
      Windows:
         Navigate to C:\Users\<YourUsername>\AppData\Local\Postman.
         Delete the Cache and IndexedDB folders.
      macOS:
         Go to ~/Library/Application Support/Postman.
         Remove the Cache and IndexedDB folders.
      Linux:
         Find the ~/.config/Postman directory.
         Delete the Cache and IndexedDB folders.
3. Restart Postman:
   Launch Postman again.
   Sign in if necessary.

I only had to do steps 1 & 3 for it to work again.

I have been a long-term user of Postman for API management!

Postman Workspace Collections

However, given the amount of time and effort put into these collections, I am working to find a self-hosted solution similar to how I self-host Gitea as my personal backup for Github.

I am off to a good start following the AIO installation of Hoppscotch (open-source community edition)

I started with the default .env file provided.

After creating the .env file and pointing to my Postgres

docker run -p 3000:3000 -p 3100:3100 -p 3170:3170 --name hoppscotch1 --env-file .env --restart unless-stopped hoppscotch/hoppscotch

Building the container would fail and just keep restarting over and over.

Initial docker run would fail…

<a href="https://docs.hoppscotch.io/documentation/self-host/community-edition/install-and-build" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">** IN THE INSTALL DOCUMENT THEY MENTION THIS ERROR **</a>

Researching web, I also found this github <a href="https://github.com/hoppscotch/hoppscotch/issues/3696" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">issue</a> which shows how to run container interactively while bypassing the normal entrypoint with sh. 
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docker run <strong>-it</strong> -p 3000:3000 -p 3100:3100 -p 3170:3170 <strong>--entrypoint sh</strong> --name hoppscotch1 --env-file .env --restart unless-stopped hoppscotch/hoppscotch
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TO MANUALLY FIX DATABASE, RUN THE FOLLOWING:
<strong>prisma migrate deploy</strong>

Notice the -it for interactive and the –entrypoint sh to by-pass directly to sh

Remove old container…

docker run -p 3000:3000 -p 3100:3100 -p 3170:3170 --name hoppscotch1 --env-file .env --restart unless-stopped hoppscotch/hoppscotch

# Check for container running:
docker ps

# Using the CONTAINER ID, Check container logs:
docker logs 492260de5954

Re-run original docker cmd and verify…

docker run -d -p 3000:3000 --env-file .env --restart unless-stopped hoppscotch/hoppscotch-frontend
docker run -d -p 3170:3170 --env-file .env --restart unless-stopped hoppscotch/hoppscotch-backend
docker run -d -p 3100:3100 --env-file .env --restart unless-stopped hoppscotch/hoppscotch-admin

Even better, Hoppscotch has direct import of Postman!!!

Postman import worked without issue:

Imported from Postman export